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At Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval — the same arena where Olympians in 2022 carved across the ice — the opening ceremony looked familiar enough: lights, flags, fanfare, and athletes lined up for a global contest. But instead of figure skaters or hockey players, the stars were steel-jointed humanoid robots. They danced hip-hop, performed martial

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A worker colors a lantern at a workshop in Zigong, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie) BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- China's intangible cultural heritage workshops are proving a powerful force for rural revitalization, with over 11,000 such workshops preserving traditional crafts, creating jobs and boosting local economies, official data shows. These

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NATO must not be 'naive' about China in light of Beijing's 'staggering' expansion of its armed forces, the alliance's chief has warned. Mark Rutte said the country's substantial investments in its defence capabilities must act as a wake-up call for Western nations who have not taken the threat seriously so far. The NATO Secretary General